Why Recycle?

Recycling Facts:

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run your television for three hours. (Source: Keep America Beautiful)

Aluminum recycling saves 95% of energy that would be used if the aluminum was made from raw materials

Recycling one ton of paper saves up to 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space

In 2013, Americans recycled and composted 87.2 million tons of materials. This prevented emissions from being released, equivalent to removing 39 million passenger vehicles from the road for a year. (Source: EPA)